Upper Intermediate Set 1

Target Vocabulary:

Bu bölümde öğrenmenizi hedeflediğimiz ‘’hedef kelimeler’’.

advocate: to publicly support a particular way of doing something

 desteklemek, avukatlığını yapmak

 Others still advocate genetic engineering of plants and animals as the greatest single
technology that will feed the world.
 The author denied that his new book advocated violence.

maintain: to continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become less

 sürdürmek
 We have standards to maintain.
 With an election approaching, the prime minister is keen to maintain his popularity.

income: the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments, the
government etc.

 gelir
 What’s your monthly income?
 People on higher incomes should pay more tax.

notwithstanding: in spite of something

 rağmen
 Notwithstanding differences, there are clear similarities in all of the world’s religions.

unable: to not be able to do something

 We were unable to contact him at the time.

 The team was unable to win the game despite their big effort.
 We were unable to get funding and therefore had to abandon the project.

weak: not physically or emotionally strong

 zayıf
 My grandfather had a weak heart.
 The actors are good, but the plot is weak.
 Unfortunately, our leader was a weak and indecisive man.

confident: sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect

 kendinden emin, kendine güvenen, emin

 Tom is a very confident man.

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  He is confident that there will be no problems this time. (=emin)

conscious: 1. awake and able to understand what is happening around you

 bilinci yerinde
 Everybody thought I was passed out but I was actually conscious and able to hear them.

2. thinking a lot about or concerned about something

 bilinçli (socially, environmentally etc.), bilincine sahip

 We have all become more environmentally conscious.
 Most airports are extremely security conscious.

A) Exercise: Öğren!
ÖNEMLİ NOT: Bu bölümden itibaren kelimelerin kaç kez sorulduğu
verilmeyecektir. Yeterli bir kelime düzeyine ulaştınız ve artık direkt olarak
cümleden hangi kelime geleceğini, eleme vs. yapmadan, bulabilmeniz
gerekiyor.
Fill in the blanks with the target words!

advocate maintain income notwithstanding

unable weak confident conscious

1. Doctors are ____________________ that he'll make a full recovery.

2. People are health __________________ nowadays and careful about what they eat.
3. Some people say the education system doesn’t work anymore, but the others
__________________ the system and say the problem is not with the system, it’s with the
students and the teachers.
4. I was ___________________ to sleep last night, that’s why I am so sleepy today.
5. We have an _____________________ of over $100,000 a year.
6. The soldiers were ___________________ from hunger and exhaustion. They couldn’t even
move their fingers.
7. The driver was still ___________________ when the ambulance arrived.

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 8. She seemed __________________ that she would pass the English exam.
9. Notwithstanding months of investigation, the police has been ___________________ find
the murderer of 2 innocent girls.
10. Britain wants to ___________________ its position as a world power.
11. _____________________ serious injuries and bad luck, the team was able to win the finals.
12. People tend to increase their standard __________________ by doing extra jobs.
13. The world is not a good place for ____________________ people.

B) Match the Words! Pekiştir!

advocate maintain income notwithstanding

unable weak

confident conscious

1) ___________________: not physically or emotionally strong

2) ___________________: the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from
investments, the government etc.
3) ___________________: to publicly support a particular way of doing something
4) ___________________: in spite of something
5) ___________________: sure that something will happen in the way that you want or expect
6) ___________________: to not be able to do something
7) ___________________: awake and able to understand what is happening around you
8) ___________________: thinking a lot about or concerned about something
9) ___________________: to continue to have; to keep in existence, or not allow to become
less

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C) Write a sentence of your own for each of the words you’ve just learned! ++ Write
Turkish meanings of the words. – Uzmanlaş!

- Öğrendiğiniz kelimelerin Türkçe karşılıklarını hiçbir yere bakmadan yazın, daha sonra bu
kelimelerle en az 1 tane örnek cümle yazın. (Verilen her anlam için bir örnek)

notwithstanding: ___________________________________________________________________.

maintain: __________________________________________________________________________.

unable: ___________________________________________________________________________.

confident: _________________________________________________________________________.

income: ___________________________________________________________________________.

conscious: _________________________________________________________________________.

weak: ____________________________________________________________________________.

advocate: _________________________________________________________________________.

CEVAP ANAHTARI:

A: confident, conscious, advocate, unable, income, weak, conscious, confident, unable, maintain,
notwithstanding, income, weak

B: weak, income, advocate, notwithstanding, confident, unable, conscious, conscious, maintain

C: Kendi cümleleriniz + kelimelerin anlamlarını en üstten kontrol edebilirsiniz.

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